Gold work function reduction by 2.2 eV with an air-stable molecular donor layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Broker B ^a   Blum, R P ^a   Frisch, J ^a   Vollmer, A ^b   Hofmann, O T ^c   Rieger, R ^d   Mullen K ^d   Rabe, J P ^a   Zojer, E ^c   Koch, N ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FUNCTIONS; GOLD; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION;

AU SURFACES; AU(111); ELECTRON TRANSFERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH WORK FUNCTIONS; HYDROXYQUINOLINE; METHYL VIOLOGEN; MOLECULAR DONORS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 57849121592     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3049616     Document Type: Article

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